Treatment of bilateral coronal synostosis in infancy: a holistic approach.
Bilateral coronal synostosis often results in a turribrachycephalic skull shape. Reduction of skull height and elongation of the anteroposterior axis of the skull while preserving normal cerebral function are the major therapeutic goals. A surgical technique is described which can successfully accomplish these goals in a single operative procedure.
Persing
J A
JA
Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville.
Jane
J A
JA
Delashaw
J B
JB
D003398:Craniosynostoses / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005624:Frontal Bone / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007427:Intracranial Pressure; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic; D009777:Occipital Bone / Q000601:surgery; D010027:Osteotomy / Q000379:methods; D010294:Parietal Bone / Q000601:surgery; D012886:Skull / Q000601:surgery*